[The hair tie in place, Souji tied a little bow in it and quietly smiled to himself. Cliff would never see it, so there was no harm, no foul.

But now with nothing to do with his hands and nothing to distract him, especially with how Cliff kept trying to look back at him, he dropped back down from his tiptoes and began brushing glitter off the wool haori - starting at the back.]

Yes, everyone was very worried while you were gone. [Souji had panicked at first. Another friend missing, another friend who might go to the Malnosso and never come back... He swiped his hands across the fabric lightly, barely touching it enough to get the glitter off - mostly so he wouldn't be felt touching Cliff underneath it.]

All in all, you were lucky to come back uninjured. I-- We were all worried you'd been hurt.